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The March 2025 edition of the Community Pharmacy Thames Valley newsletter is now available to download. Please click here

The SPS Spotlight Monthly Digest provides updates on existing materials and activities from across SPS, and signposts to upcoming events and activities.  It includes resources…

Applications are now open for Independent Prescribing (IP) courses for pharmacists in 2024/25.   Courses are available until the end of March 2025, with several universities…

The CPPE Workshop calendar for September to December 2024 has been released.  This includes topics such as: Asthma: optimising adherence to medicines NHS Pharmacy First:…

CPPE’s Community Pharmacy Technician: Advancing your Role is a fully funded learning programme designed to help community pharmacy technicians develop the skills and confidence to…

The CPPE Leading for change programme is a fully-funded 6 month leadership programme open to all registered pharmacy professionals who are in patient-facing roles and/or…

PrescQIPP is an independent resource set up to support quality prescribing in the NHS and help to make sure that treatments prescribed to patients are…

From 1st August 2024, NHS England has funded CPPE to offer the Accuracy checking pharmacy technician training programme (ACPT) for pharmacy technicians, including those working in…

The NHS SE Commissioning Hub are collating the detail of pharmaceutical provision during the Christmas and New Year holiday period to ensure adequate coverage across…

New Incident Reporting Approved Particulars have been published on the NHS England website (as of 23 July 2024). This document replaces the previous Approved Particulars…

The new MP for Maidenhead, Joshua Reynolds, attended a Health Campaign event focusing on diabetes at his local Boots in Maidenhead yesterday (24th July).  This…

NHS England has commissioned RAND Europe to conduct an independent evaluation of advanced clinical services under the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) – also known…

The NHS South East Commissioning Hub has issued updated information and FAQs for pharmacy staff  on GP Connect Update Record Pharmacy First – Updating the…

The July edition of the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) monthly newsletter is now available.  Click here. Earlier editions can be viewed here.

NHS England, Workforce, Training & Education Directorate, Pharmacy South East have launched a Pharmacy Technician Network Hub on the Future NHS platform. Initially set up…

In light of the legislative changes that enable Pharmacy Technicians to supply and/or administer certain medicines under PGD, and their subsequent inclusion in the 2024/25…

While tick bites/Lyme disease is not treatable under Pharmacy First, it is important that pharmacy teams understand the signs and symptoms as patients may present…

Exploring pharmacy technician practice in meeting unmet pharmaceutical care needs in the United Kingdom (UK) to inform the development of a UK post-registration pharmacy technician…

Diabetes UK have put together some really useful training and resources: Understanding Diabetes CPD – this module will provide you with an overview of diabetes, and increase…

The Pharmacy First Programme user research team would like to invite community pharmacy staff to offer feedback on their initial experiences of the service in…

Pharmacists offering the Pharmacy First service may benefit from a new common clinical conditions e-learning programme.  Launched by CPPE, this programme was initially developed by…

The British National Formulary (BNF) and British National Formulary for Children (BNFC) App provides free access for NHS users to the latest drug information quickly,…

Healthy Living is a free NHS online structured education programme designed to help patients learn more about and live well with type 2 diabetes.  The…

The Government has confirmed plans, pending parliamentary approval, to make ‘hub and spoke’ dispensing models available to all local pharmacies. Two models have been proposed…

Thank you to those that took part in the Pharmacy Pressures Survey.  CPE has released their first national report, which sets out the findings with…

Ensuring that you are claiming for all appropriate Pharmacy First consultations is particularly important going forward as the minimum number of clinical pathway consultations that…

The latest newsletter from NHS England, Workforce, Training & Education (WT&E) (the organisation formed when the Health Education England (HEE) merged with NHS England and…

From 1st May, pharmacies will be able to access the NHS111 Professionals Line by phoning 111 and selecting option 3, Healthcare Professionals. The current numbers…

NHS England have announced additional, fully funded educational supervision training for those supervising Pharmacy Trainees.  This training, delivered by ProPharmace, will ensure those involved in…